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DHARAMSALA DAY SCHOOLS
There are two day schools in Dharamsala. The one at Gangchen Kyishong, the Tibetan Secretariat complex was started in 1975 and managed by the Tibetan Children's Village. In 1978 the management was transferred to council for Tibetan Education. Since its inception, the school has received generous support from the relief organization IM of Sweden, which gives a regular grant for the running expenses. The 105 pupils are mostly the children of Tibetan secretariat staff members and local Tibetan along with some Indian children and children of foreign students at the library of Tibetan works and Archives.
The other school, situated in the upper township of Mcleod Ganj, initially received help from the Swiss Aid to Tibetans before its management was fully transferred to the Tibetan Children's Village. These children are from the local Tibetans mostly engaged as manual laborers or carpet weavers.
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